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27. The female foeticide is not only the concern of India, but of various countries. The United Nations General Assembly had adopted Resolution No.52/106 on 11.2.1998 expressing concern about pre­natal sex selection, female infanticide and female genital mutilation. The said Resolution also urged all States to enact and enforce legislation protecting girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection. The United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in September, 1995 adopted the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action identified “violence against women” to “include forced sterilization and forced abortion, coercive/forced use of contraceptives, female infanticide and pre­natal sex selection”. It further urged Governments to “enact and enforce legislation against the perpetrators of practices and acts of violence against women, such as female genital mutilation, female infanticide, prenatal sex selection and dowry­related violence”. Further urged Governments to “Eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which result in harmful and unethical practices such as pre­natal sex selection and female infanticide; this is often compounded by the increasing use of technologies to determine foetal sex, resulting in abortion of female foetuses”.

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(c) Eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which result in harmful and unethical practices such as prenatal sex selection and female infanticide; this is often compounded by the increasing use of technologies to determine foetal sex, resulting in abortion of female foetuses”
29. The 1994 Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD) resolved to eliminate all forms of discrimination against the girl child and the root causes of son preference, which result in harmful and unethical practices regarding female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, and also to increase public awareness of the value of the girl child. Further urged Governments to take necessary measures to prevent infanticide, prenatal sex selection, trafficking of girl children and forcing of girls in prostitution and pornography. The International Conference on Population and Development adopted the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development and passed the resolution at the 14th Plenary meeting held on 13.9.1994. The relevant portion of the aforesaid resolution is extracted hereunder:

4.23. Governments are urged to take the necessary measures to prevent infanticide, prenatal sex selection, trafficking in girl children and use of girls in prostitution and pornography.”

30. The Resolution 56/139 adopted by the U.N. General Assembly, on 26.2.2002 expressed deep concern about discrimination against the girl child, including practices such as female infanticide, incest, early marriage, prenatal sex selection etc. The Resolution also urged States to enact and enforce legislation to protect girls from all forms of violence, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, and to develop age­appropriate safe and confidential programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence. The General Assembly of United Nations adopted the following resolution no.56/139 on 26.2.2002:

34. The concern world over as to female foeticide and infanticide is writ large from aforesaid resolution. It is worthwhile to quote the statistics of World Factbook, 2016 of the Central Intelligence Agency of the United States of America on female foeticide/infanticide across the world, which is to the following effect: 
            Rank     Name of the country            Sex ratio at birth



            1.    Liechtenstein                  126 males/100 females
            2.    China                          115 males/100 female
            3.    Armenia                        113 males/100 females
            4.    India                          112 males/100 females
            5.    Azerbaijan                     111 males/100 females
            5.    Viet Nam                       111 males/100 females
            6.    Albania                        110 males/100 females
            7.    Georgia                        108 males/100 females
            8.    South Korea                    107 males/100 females
            8.    Tunisia                        107 males/100 females
            9.    Nigeria                        106 males/100 females
           10.    Pakistan                       105 males/100 females
           11.    Nepal                          104 males/100 females